Hi all,
I've recently bought a pirelli edition GTI. It's a 58 plate, 6 speed manual in reflex silver. I'm going to use this thread to document everything I do to the car from servicing to mods.
Someone p/x'd it at work (I work at a VW dealership) and I had to have it.
Being a member of staff I got it for an absolute steal.
Here's a picture of it in the car park at work before I bought it.
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And the inside
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It had full main dealer history up to 2013 and then was looked after by a VW specialist. It's been well cared for and only had 55,555 on the clock when I picked it up.
The first weekend in my ownership I gave it an oil change service and a pollen filter. Didn't bother changing the plugs as they were only changed about 4K miles ago and when I came to replace the air filter I found an aftermarket filter already in place.
When I got it home I gave it a little TLC.
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I love how shiny the Milltek comes up! Also noticed that the front bumper is plagued with stone chips. It could really do with a full paint decontamination but I just don't have the time at the moment.
So after about 2 weeks of me owning the car, someone clipped the back wheel while it was parked up and I was at work.
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As you can imagine I was not happy!
Here it is parked on the road with the mrs's car while we were waiting for the drive to be finished.
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And here they are on the finished drive!
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Still haven't managed to convince the mrs that she needs a VAG car (I've only been trying for the last 4 years...)
I got one of the guys from work to replace the cambelt and water pump for me. (I can do some stuff, but that's a bit out of my skill set haha)
Gave it some more loving last weekend (23/04/2017)
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Then this weekend I finally swapped over my private plate.
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And I had to get a quick pic of the beading from the rain
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That's just about everything I can think of to date. I'll post the full spec a bit later on.
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